Suffolk Law Summer 2018 Student Handbook

Table of Contents EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT................................................................................................1 EMERGENCY EVACUATION...................................................................................................2 RULES AND REGULATIONS ....................................................................................................4 I. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................... 4 A. General Requirements................................................................................................ 4 B. Day Division................................................................................................................. 6 C. Evening Division........................................................................................................ 12 II. ACADEMIC STANDARDS ...................................................................................... 14 A. Course Loads............................................................................................................. 14 B. Attendance and Assignment Policy ......................................................................... 14 C. Academic Standing Requirements .......................................................................... 17 D. Dean’s List ................................................................................................................. 24 E. Graduation with Honors .......................................................................................... 24 F. Academic Integrity.................................................................................................... 25 G. Credit for Clinical and Other Non-Classroom Activities...................................... 26 H. Legal Writing Requirement Policy.......................................................................... 28 I. Elective Add/Drop Period ........................................................................................ 32 J. Extensions Beyond End of Semester ....................................................................... 32 K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads ........................................................ 32 III. GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS ........................................................................ 33 A. Grading Policy........................................................................................................... 33 B. Grading System......................................................................................................... 34 C. Grades and Examinations ........................................................................................ 35 D. Class Rank ................................................................................................................. 35 E. Examination Numbers.............................................................................................. 35 F. Failure to Take Examinations ................................................................................. 36 G. Reexaminations ......................................................................................................... 36 H. Privacy ....................................................................................................................... 37 IV. SUMMER LAW PROGRAMS ................................................................................. 37 A. Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 37 B. Course Load .............................................................................................................. 37 V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS ................................................. 38 VI. READMISSIONS ....................................................................................................... 39 A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions ........................................ 39